Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| can / listen / never / They |
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| dresses / very often / She / in blue |
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| never / your car keys / can / find / You |
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| need / some help with the homework / They / usually |
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| ? / you / every day / go / Do / to the gym |
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| asking me questions / always / She / is |
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| rarely / if you need it / will / Tom / help you |
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| I / five times / it / saw |
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| I / know / never / what to say |
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| soup / every other day / have / We |
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| is / John / often / late |
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| Do / often / you / feel tired? |
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| Do / at home? / usually / have lunch / you |
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| I / at 8 a.m. / get up / always |
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| I / day in, day out / shopping / have to go |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / usually / am / in the mornings. / very tired |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| once a month / go / to the hairdresser's / usually / I |
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| come / My parents / very often / to help me |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| I / go / to the gym / three times a week |
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| to the dentist / go / I / usually / once a year |
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| often / eats / pizza / for dinner / Mike |
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| I / eat / hardly ever / oranges |
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| some petrol / I travel a lot. I / every other day. / need |
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| Kevin / ? / win / Does / always |
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| you / go / do / to the disco? / How / often |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| twice / phoned / me / Yesterday, / she |
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| I / always / in green? / Can / dress |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| She / listens / rarely / when you talk to her |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
